Shen Qi gave it some thought and raised her head to meet Ye Moxuan’s eyes. “Don’t believe him; what he said isn’t real. He only wants to save his company!”
“Alright,” Ye Moxuan sneered. “Tell me how exactly did she do me wrong.”
Shen Qi’s heart went cold. Is Ye Moxuan… so ready to believe him?
Lin Jiang’s eyes gleamed with a sense of complacency, and he failed to notice the blood-chilling sensation arising in Ye Moxuan’s gaze. He proceeded to speak in an animated fashion. “I was at the hospital with my wife when I saw Shen Qi there as well. I was about to approach her, but not before a guy walked up to her. They were intimate with each other and were obviously a thing. President Ye, this woman had an affair while she was married to me. Now, she probably thought you would be lacking in that sense—seeing that you are on a wheelchair—thus she went and got herself another man!”
Lin Jiang was so pleased about it and blabbered on as if he caught onto the last straw. There was an evil light within his eyes, but he was unaware of the fact that Ye Moxuan had been glaring at him while his aura froze over. “President Ye, I am telling the truth; Shen Qi is an outright whore who has absolutely no shame!“
Shen Qi was totally dumbstruck. She had expected him to reveal that they had never shared a bed, but he instead opted to slander her as a whore. While angered, Shen Qi had also realized just how blind she had been to fall for a man like Lin Jiang. Any favorable opinions she had toward him were basically nonexistent by that point and had taken another plummet into the realm of negativity, while her loathing of him just kept rising. On the other hand, relief washed over her; she was afraid it would raise Ye Moxuan’s suspicion regarding what she had told him about her baby.
“Is that so?” Ye Moxuan snickered, and his smile was rather sinister as he stared at Shen Qi. “Is she truly a whore?”
Lin Jiang nodded. “That’s right, President Ye! She is! Why else would I divorce her?”
“Oh, so what you are basically saying is… My wife… is a whore?”
Lin Jiang kept on nodding. “Yes, that’s right—” He seemed to have picked up on his error all of a sudden. “No, no, no, President Ye, that wasn’t what I meant! I was warning you against her! Shen Qi is not some nice lady, so you should leave her in search of someone better.”
“And you just said… I’m impotent?” Ye Moxuan seemed to pay no heed to his explanation.
Lin Jiang was totally freaked out. “President Ye, I—”
“Who the hell are you to come in front of President Ye and accuse him of being impotent? Do you think you’ve had enough to live?” Xiao Su asked.
Shen Qi did not anticipate things to go down this lane. She stood still at her position and cast a confused glance at Ye Moxuan.
“President Ye, that’s not what I meant. I’m j-just—”
“You said what you said, didn’t you?” Ye Moxuan sneered in a bloodthirsty manner. “You came all the way to Ye Group to tell me this? It’s pointless. Xiao Su.”
“Yes, sir!” Xiao Su walked to Lin Jiang. “Scram. Our Young Master doesn’t want to see you. Also, you should also give up on your company. If our Young Master ever sees you harassing our Young Lady again, you won’t be having it as easy.”
Lin Jiang was unsatisfied and wanted to beg for more, yet he raised his head to see Ye Moxuan emanating an icy aura, as if a dark fog was wrapped around him. He bit his tongue, nodded in agreement, and stood up to leave. Shen Qi remained at her spot after he left. Ye Moxuan then scolded, “Come over here.”
“You…” Shen Qi glanced at him unconsciously upon hearing him. Why is he behaving like this? Does he not believe in what Lin Jiang said?
“Does your reluctance to move imply you want to follow him?” Ye Moxuan’s tone turned colder. Shen Qi picked up on that and quickly moved toward him. Meanwhile, Xiao Su stepped aside consciously, allowing her the space to push Ye Moxuan from behind.
“So this is the man whom you fought tooth and nail for in order to keep his child; he gladly put you into infamy for his own benefits. Shen Qi, you have exceedingly poor standards regarding your choice of men.”
Shen Qi was speechless for a moment while she forced a smile. “Did you call me over to torment me?”
“And you find that unacceptable?” Ye Moxuan sneered as his gaze turned gloomy. “That man gravely insulted you, and yet you are keeping his child?”
“Can you stop mentioning it? The child is innocent!”
“Innocent?” Ye Moxuan signalled Shen Qi to stop, and she stood there in confusion. “The child is innocent, and you too? I’ve heard about Ye Linhan’s transfer.”
She paused for a moment upon hearing that and looked to the back of Ye Moxuan’s head. “So what? I didn’t force him to do so.”
“Miss Second-marriage, I have to agree that you have your ways to be able to keep my eldest brother under your palm.”
Shen Qi stopped in her tracks, refusing to push him any further.
“Keep pushing,” Ye Moxuan ordered icily. “Hereafter, you shall return to the Ye residence with me everyday after work.”
Shen Qi’s eyes went wide. “What? Together with you? You wouldn’t want me to go to work with you, would you?”
“What’s the problem? We are husband and wife, so what wrong is there with us going to and leaving work together?”
“Of course there is; we work in different departments. I used to take the bus by myself. We should maintain our previous routines.”
“Ha.” Ye Moxuan squinted at her. “You thought I would have you seize an opening to seduce my brother? From tomorrow on, you will resume work in my office.”
“What did you say?” Shen Qi stared at him in disbelief. I will be returning to his office?
“To resume your position as my assistant.”
Shen Qi stared at him for a moment before sneering, “Ye Moxuan, do you think it’s exceedingly fun to toy with me? That I will bend to your every whim? Let me tell you—I’m doing great at my current department, and I won’t be settling into the positions beside either of you two brothers!”
She turned to leave upon saying that, yet Ye Moxuan grasped onto her wrist. “You can choose to not go to Ye Linhan, but you’ve got no right to refuse me. Get in the car.”
“No, I won’t!” Shen Qi struggled in an attempt to withdraw her hand. However, Ye Moxuan had a grip of iron that held onto her like a pair of pliers, effectively preventing her from doing so.
Shen Qi’s face reddened in rage. “Ye Moxuan, let go of me! I have no intention of complying to you. Have I no right to decide on where I will be?”
“Your fate of having to bend to my every whim was decided from the very moment you were married into the Ye Family.” Ye Moxuan gave a hard tug, causing Shen Qi to fall into his embrace while his other hand looped around her waist.
They were still at the entrance of the company, and the other employers bore witness to such a scene. Shen Qi pushed him away out of shock. “Get your hands off me.”
“I dare you to shove me again. Do you think I wouldn’t dare to kiss you here and now?”
